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My sweet co-workers celebrated my boss’s and my birthday this week with an ono cake covered in fruits from Whole Foods. Whoo hoo! I appreciated their thoughtfulness so very much.

I love Whole Foods and this was the first time I tried their cake. The yellow cake was so moist; it just melted in your mouth. My goodness! Loved it so much! And those fruits that topped the cake was awesome! What an assortment! It sure made it look healthy, haha! Even the frosting that layered the cake had blueberries and strawberries mixed. Very creative!

One base and two interchangeable vessels, the 1200-watt DUO™ with Auto-iQ Boost™ easily switches between Nutrient & Vitamin Extraction** and Nutrient Fusion*** in single serve or 4-cup Nutri Bowl. (http://www.ninjakitchen.com/store/)

Wow! It’s an all-in-one blender and food processor, if you ask me! I can just use this one base to make my drinks and food!

For the past two weeks, I’ve gone crazy making all different kinds of smoothies. The featured image above is a carrot-strawberry smoothie, with the “Essential” flavor Vitamin Water® drink.

Here’s a list of the different (protein) smoothies I’ve made with my new gadget. It’s truly amazing!! It’s so easy to use and I can make multiple batches to last an entire week!

The ingredients in these smoothies are adjusted by your taste buds =D

Apple-banana smoothie:

Apples

Bananas (frozen ok)

“Essential” flavor Vitamin Water® drink

Ice (optional. I use ice to make my drinks colder and slushy)

Unflavored protein powder (optional)

Strawberry-banana-blueberry smoothie:

Strawberries (frozen ok)

Bananas (frozen ok)

Blueberries (frozen ok)

Soy milk and/or regular milk (you can use fruit juice if you prefer)

Ice (optional)

Unflavored protein powder (optional)

Peanut butter-banana-grape smoothie:

Bananas (frozen ok)

Grapes (frozen ok)

Soy milk and/or regular milk (I use both- I use lactaid milk since I am lactose-intolerant)

Peanut butter

Ice (optional)

Unflavored protein powder (optional)

Carrot-strawberry smoothie (yes, carrots):

Fresh carrots (fresh carrots frozen ok)

Strawberries (frozen ok)

Any kind of orange juice (I used the “Essential” Vitamin Water®)

Ice (optional)

Fiber powder (optional)

Unflavored protein powder (optional)

Carrot-strawberry-banana-blueberry smoothie:

Fresh carrots (fresh carrots frozen ok)

Strawberries (frozen ok)

Soy milk and/or regular milk (or fruit juice if you prefer)

Ice (optional)

Fiber powder (optional)

Unflavored protein powder (optional)

Carrot-apple-banana-blueberry smoothie:

Fresh carrots (fresh carrots frozen ok)

Apples

Bananas (frozen ok)

Blueberries (frozen ok)

Soy milk and/or regular milk (or fruit juice if you prefer)

Ice (optional)

Fiber powder (optional)

Unflavored protein powder (optional)

The blender did a fine job blending the carrots well into the smoothie, with the other ingredients because of the auto-iQ boost™ feature. If you like your smoothies with more texture and “grittiness,” you can turn the feature off.

I can’t wait to incorporate different veggies and fruits together to create more yummy smoothies. It’s not just about the fruits these days! Veggies are included, too!